4 months ago

Aww, bummer. I thought I would be the first one to make a
Tomik, Distinguished Advokist
EDH deck on Tappedout, and I had just uploaded my own. I didn't think of using Tomik as a death and taxes commander instead taking a different approach, but your list looks pretty solid.

I'd recommend
Aura of Silence
as that can really gunk up your opponent's ability to spam mana-rocks and other non-land mana-accelerators. I also find it works as a good deterrent when it comes to keeping your opponents from playing their best non-creature spells as you can always crack it on them before they can get any use out of it. For me cards like that and
Seal of Cleansing
have kept multiple opponents from making big plays even when I've only had one out which is pretty powerful what influence it can exert on the board.

If you have plans to run more artifacts in your deck
Dispatch
is another good card to keep around in your maybeboard as another Path-effect never really hurt anyone.

While I don't think white is the greatest when it comes to messing with other people's manabases you could totally run
Quicksilver Fountain
just to mess with all of your opponents. The fountain however can end up hurting your own manabase, but there's an easy fix to that if you also run
Unstable Frontier
. Basically you let a flood counter get placed on an unimportant land you control, and on your next turn's upkeep you tap the frontier to make that same flood counter land a Plains until end of turn. That means you can always put flood counters on the same land without any consequence because that land will no longer be an Island by the time the trigger resolves. Bonus fact, if a player removes the fountain the flood counters will not come off, and the lands stay as Islands which is pretty evil as you can remove the fountain yourself to permanently ruin everyone else's manabase.

2 years ago

I loved that your deck feels spirit-themed and still seems to be quite effective. Nice job! :)

That said, you are missing the most used strategy with Brago, which involves Strionic Resonator and some mana rocks (Sol Ring, a Azorius Signet and a Mind Stone, a Hedron Archive, etc) to reach infinite blinking (You copy Brago's ability using mana from artifacts and targeting the resonator and the mana rocks along with anything else you want to blink, allow it to resolve then copy Brago's ability that is still on the stack as many times as you wish repeating this process).

And even if you do not wish to use the infinite combo, ramping with artifacts has double value with Brago since he can blink them and you get some extra mana, so I'd tell you to cut down some creatures and add some ramping so that you can cast Brago earlier and abuse his ability to gain some extra mana per turn.

And if you are willing to use some eldrazi, Eldrazi Displacer (might require some fiddling with the mana base) synergizes pretty well with Drowner of Hope (which also has some neat effects and can be another army builder or ramping tool by itself) and goes infinite if you have a Panharmonicon out (Drowner gives you 4 scions, sac 3 to blink Drowner and repeat the process as much as you want).

Some removal cards you might want to consider: Reality Acid (if you blink it, you force your opponent to sacrifice the enchanted card... meaning you can use it to get rid of anything) and Act of Authority.

2 years ago

ok, I will now comment every card somehow. Please take my critics as constructive

Elvish Champion is a nice card, if used well. The +1/+1 is of course nice, but beware, it gives ALL elves +1/+1 - this includes the elves of opponents! Elvish Archdruid has the same mana cost, is a bit cheaper to buy and even gives you tons of mana. here you should look for a mana sink, such as Ezuri, Renegade Leader (maybe a bit over your budget).Imperious Perfect also is a nice 3drop that allows you to create even more elves. Dwynen, Gilt-Leaf Daen is a 4drop, but also gives a nice boost and gives a great life boost. All of these are better than Elvish Champion in most games. There is a tricky way though to make the champion quite nasty: Unstable Frontier! Make other lands to forests and just rush in with your elves!

Sylvan Messenger I got mixed feelings here... I never tried him I have to admit, but he looks good on paper.

Tajuru Pathwarden hum... I am not sure if he fits. As finishers, there are better options (maybe also non-elves). If it is important to you to only have elves, I would probably pick others, such as the +1/+1 choices I told you above.

Thornweald Archer also very underestimated and I love him. I would probably put him into the sideboard though.

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